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THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
Written by Paolo Montagna.
Stock no. 1825012
Published by A.C. Promotion. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of 60 races in the years between 1921 and 1989. Large format. Gilt titles. Green boards. B/w and colour photos. Light mottling to boards (very minor). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ALFA ROMEO TRADITION
Written by Griffith Borgeson.
Stock no. 1825011
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All the great Alfa Romeo cars and the genius behind them. Large format. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0854298754. Boards lightly scuffed and slightly faded at edges. Page 114-115 facing have surface paper damage where glossy pages have stuck together and been prised apart (text stilll legible, mostly affecting photos). Pale foxing to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and lightly edge-creased. Musty odour present.

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FERRARI
Written by Hans Tanner; Doug Nye.
Stock no. 1825010
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

5th edition. Red cloth, silver titles. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0854292381. Reprint. A few minor foxspots else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed especially rear panel. Musty odour present.

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THE SPORTS CAR DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN
Written by John Stanford. Illustrated by John Dunscombe.
Stock no. 1825007
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

101 b/w illustrations which include 36 whole page drawings by John Dunscombe, presenting an historical panorama of sports cars through more than half a century. Second impression.Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Some minor foxing/browning mainly to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed , worn at corners, large closed tear to rear panel, tape repairs to edges.

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ALF FRANCIS: RACING MECHANIC
Written by Alf Francis; Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1825006
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His own story as told to and written by Peter Lewis. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt titles. Reprint. Light fading to top of spine. Text block and endpapers browned and foxed. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Some minor foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and repaired with tape, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 1825003
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The author's life in motoring and motor sport. Boards a little rubbed. Foxing and browning to text block and endpapers. Name in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to b/w plates else contents clean. Price-cut green dustwrapper is strengthened at corners with tape, edge-rubbed and a little grubby.

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MORE WHEELSPIN
Written by C.A.N. May.
Stock no. 1825001
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Post-war competition motoring from the driver's seat. Pale yellow cloth boards. Brown title to spine. B/w photos. Light browning to top edge of front board and spine. Light damp mottling to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, lightly worn at corners, repaired to edges with tape, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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365 RACING DAYS 1987
Written by Paolo D'Alessio.
Stock no. 1824997
Published by McService. 1987. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth boards with no titles. Colour photos throughout. Text in English and Italian. Glossy pages suffering from damp i.e. some pages sticking together and some pages have surface paper lifting where pages have been prised apart. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FERRARI THE SPORTS AND GRAN TURISMO CARS
Written by Warren W. Fitzgerald; Richard F. Merritt; Jonathan Thompson.
Stock no. 1824976
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 4th 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Large format. Red cloth spine with gilt title, red paper boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 085059426X. Musty odour present else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and has a few score marks to rear panel.

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TRIUMPH SPITFIRE AND GT6 (OSPREY CLASSIC LIBRARY)
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1824974
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Spitfire 1, 2, 3, IV, 1500; GT6 1, 2, 3. Red board, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850454522. Slight musty odour present. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THRUST: THROUGH THE SOUND BARRIER
Written by Richard Noble.
Stock no. 1324644
Published by Partridge. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Signed limited edition of 1000. The story of the he Thrust SSC Supersonic Car setting a new world land speed record at 763 miles per hour in October 1997. Blue cloth boards, silver titles, pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 1852252685. SIGNED by the authors to front endpaper and to copyright page. This is copy no. 974. Contents fine. Some very light marks to cloth (dust)? Contained in a red slipcase which has a few small, light marks to one side.

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815 THE GENESIS OF FERRARI
Written by Franco Varisco.
Stock no. 1824847
Published by Hyde Park Group Plc. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How the 815 Ferrari came in to being... White glazed boards, red titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872718019. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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